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The current use of gaming as an alternative form of making money on reservations may have negative effects on tribal communities For instance many who oppose gaming say that casinos are also a factor with crime In addition the issue of gaming itself is an occasional source of conflict among tribe members conflict that in the past has erupted into violence between other people This conflict involves concern over the impact gaming might have upon Indians Some people are worried that the Indians money is not being handled very well Things that have taken place in the Elem Indian Colony in Lake County California increase the possibility of violence on reservations that have casinos For many tribes gaming is a chance for other sorts of income in the face of losing money the traditional source of cash on most reservations where natural resources are not very likely and lack of funds discourages private investment The implications of partial sovereignty allotted to reservation Indians were initially realized in 1979 when the Seminoles opened the first high-stakes bingo hall on a Florida reservation Following a series of trials favoring gaming on reservations the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 caused the present situation of Indian gambling initiatives According to the National Indian Gaming Commission approximately one third of federally recognized Indian tribes in the US have negotiated agreements to run casinos over a hundred of which are currently at work These casinos along with other gambling operations generated close to 4 billion in gross revenues last year While gaming has produced a lot of money for a number of tribes as well as the communities surrounding their reservations it has caused other effects as well First some have claimed that gaming results in increased crime Second there have been several instances of intratribal violence linked to disagreements of gaming Even without gaming reservations experience crime rates significantly higher than the national averages In one of many

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